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Definition 2024

infrared

infrared

See also: infra-red

English

Noun

infrared ‎(plural infrareds)

electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm

Translations

infrared radiation

Catalan: infraroig m
Czech: infračervený (cs)
Danish: infrarød stråling c
Finnish: infrapuna
French: infrarouge (fr)
German: Infrarot
Hungarian: infravörös (hu)
Irish: infridhearg m
Italian: infrarosso (it) m
Japanese: 赤外線 (せきがいせん, sekigaisen)
Norman: înfra-rouoge m
Korean: 적외선 (ko) ‎(cheok-wei-seon)

Macedonian: инфрацрвено зрачење n ‎(infrac'rveno zráčenje)
Malay: inframerah
Norwegian:

Bokmål: infrarød stråling c

Nynorsk: infraraud stråling
Persian: فروسرخ (fa) ‎(forusorx)
Polish: podczerwień (pl) f
Portuguese: infravermelho (pt)
Scottish Gaelic: fo-dhearg m
Spanish: infrarrojo
Swedish: infraröd strålning c
Thai: อินฟราเรด (th) ‎(in-fraa-rèet)

Adjective

infrared ‎(not comparable)

Having the wavelength in the infrared.

infrared light

infrared waves

infrared radiation
In the infrared spectrum.

Translations

having the wavelength in the infrared

Arabic: تَحْتَ اَلْحَمْرَاء ‎(taḥta l-ḥamrāʾ)
Catalan: infraroig
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅外 (zh), 红外 (zh) ‎(hóngwài)
Czech: infračervený (cs)
Danish: infrarød
Dutch: infrarood (nl)
French: infrarouge (fr)
German: infrarot (de)
Greek: υπέρυθρος (el) ‎(ypérythros)
Hungarian: infravörös (hu)
Irish: infridhearg, fodhearg
Italian: infrarosso (it)
Japanese: 赤外 ‎(せきがい, sekigai)
Norman: înfra-rouoge
Macedonian: инфрацрвен m ‎(infracrven)

Manx: fo-yiarg
Norwegian:

Bokmål: infrarød

Nynorsk: infraraud
Persian: فروسرخ (fa) ‎(forusorx)
Polish: podczerwony (pl)
Portuguese: infravermelho (pt)
Romanian: infraroșu (ro) m, n, infraroșie f, infraroșii m pl, f pl, n pl
Russian: инфракра́сный (ru) m ‎(infrakrásnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: fo-dhearg
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: инфрацрвен

Roman: infracrven (sh)
Spanish: infrarrojo
Swedish: infraröd (sv)
Turkish: Kızılaltı, Kızılötesi
Vietnamese: hồng ngoại (vi)

Derived terms

infrared astronomy
infrared camera
infrared detector
infrared divergence
infrared film
infrared filter
infrared fixed point
infrared homing
infrared imagery
infrared lamp
infrared microscope

infrared motion detector
infrared multiphoton dissociation
infrared photography
infrared pointer
infrared port
infrared radiation
infrared remote control
infrared repellor
infrared sauna
infrared spectroscopy
infrared thermometer